diff --git a/crates/aep/src/export/plan.rs b/crates/aep/src/export/plan.rs
index 9f45c50cd..f8aa2b3b8 100644
--- a/crates/aep/src/export/plan.rs
+++ b/crates/aep/src/export/plan.rs
@@ -1047,9 +1047,10 @@ fn plan_layer(cx: &PlanCx<'_>, at: CompAt<'_>, cp: &CompPlan, layer: &Layer, col
     let props = plan_transform(layer, &src, comp, source_size, cp, comp_name, col);
     let remap = remap_prop.filter(|_| remapped).map(|p| plan_remap(p, comp, cp, &layer.name, comp_name, col));
     let mut name = cut_name(&layer.name, 255, &what("layer"), col);
-    // A text layer named after its text stores no name (110, 113: After Effects shows the text).
+    // A text layer named after its text stores no name (110, 113: After Effects shows the text):
+    // the layer's own rule decides (#3233).
     if let LayerSrc::Text(tp) = &src
-        && tp.text.split('\r').next().is_some_and(|first| first.chars().take(64).collect::<String>() == name)
+        && layer.name_follows_text(&effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&tp.text))
     {
         name.clear();
     }
diff --git a/crates/aep/src/import/build.rs b/crates/aep/src/import/build.rs
index 4ec346328..fa66ee411 100644
--- a/crates/aep/src/import/build.rs
+++ b/crates/aep/src/import/build.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,12 @@ fn build_layers(project: &mut Project, cx: &mut Ctx<'_>, defs: &EffectDefinition
                 .map(|d| crate::import::text::first_paragraph(&d.raw_text))
                 .filter(|t| !t.trim().is_empty())
         };
-        let name = aep_name.clone().or_else(|| src.as_ref().map(|s| s.name.clone())).or_else(text_name).unwrap_or_else(|| "Layer".to_string());
+        let name = aep_name
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| src.as_ref().map(|s| s.name.clone()))
+            .or_else(text_name)
+            // An empty text layer without a name is named as a new one is (#3233).
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| if h.layer_type == LayerType::Text { "Text" } else { "Layer" }.to_string());
         let skip = |cx: &mut Ctx<'_>, skipped: &mut HashMap<u32, String>, category: LossCategory, what: &str| {
             cx.col.lose(category, format!("{comp_name}: {what} '{name}'"));
             skipped.insert(h.id, what.to_string());
@@ -537,6 +542,10 @@ fn build_layers(project: &mut Project, cx: &mut Ctx<'_>, defs: &EffectDefinition
         };
         let mut l: Layer = build::layer(project, &comp, &name, source.clone(), size, None);
         l.name = name.clone();
+        // A text layer without a stored name follows its text; a stored name is the user's (#3233).
+        if is_text {
+            l.name_follows_text = Some(aep_name.is_none());
+        }
         l.label = Label::ALL.get(usize::from(h.label)).copied().unwrap_or(Label::None);
         apply_timing(&mut l, &h, &tm, &name, &mut cx.col);
         apply_switches(&mut l, &h);
diff --git a/crates/aep/tests/it/export/text.rs b/crates/aep/tests/it/export/text.rs
index 32c7572c5..32e55a269 100644
--- a/crates/aep/tests/it/export/text.rs
+++ b/crates/aep/tests/it/export/text.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,48 @@ fn documents_built_in_code_are_written_as_their_fields() {
     assert_eq!(layer.header().map(|h| h.layer_type), Some(effectcraft_aep::LayerType::Text));
 }
 
+/// #3233: whether a text layer's name follows its text survives export and import. A followed
+/// name is written as no name (After Effects shows the text) and comes back following; a name the
+/// user gave is written, even when it equals the text, and comes back as the user's. Without a
+/// recorded state (older projects) a name equal to the text follows.
+#[test]
+fn a_text_layer_name_follows_its_text_through_export_and_import() {
+    for (name, follows, stored) in [
+        ("Hello", Some(false), Some("Hello")),
+        ("Hello 2", Some(true), None),
+        ("Hello", None, None),
+        ("Text 2", None, None),
+        ("Text Title", None, Some("Text Title")),
+        ("Text Title", Some(false), Some("Text Title")),
+    ] {
+        let case = format!("{name:?} {follows:?}");
+        let (mut p, c) = text_project(vec![TextDoc::plain("Hello")]);
+        with_layer(&mut p, c, 0, |l| {
+            l.name = name.into();
+            l.name_follows_text = follows;
+        });
+        let r = export_all(&p);
+        let file = parse(&r.bytes).expect("parse");
+        let view = effectcraft_aep::Project::new(&file).expect("project");
+        let layer = view.all_items().into_iter().find_map(|i| i.comp()).and_then(|c| c.layers().next()).expect("layer");
+        assert_eq!(layer.name().as_deref(), stored, "stored name ({case})");
+        let back = reimport(&r.bytes);
+        let l = back.comps().flat_map(|(_, c)| c.layers.iter()).find(|l| matches!(l.source, LayerSource::Text)).expect("text layer");
+        assert_eq!(l.name, stored.unwrap_or("Hello"), "imported name ({case})");
+        assert_eq!(l.name_follows_text, Some(stored.is_none()), "imported state ({case})");
+    }
+    // An empty text layer that follows its text is written without a name, as After Effects
+    // writes it, and comes back named "Text", still following.
+    let (mut p, c) = text_project(vec![TextDoc::plain("")]);
+    with_layer(&mut p, c, 0, |l| {
+        l.name = "Text".into();
+        l.name_follows_text = Some(true);
+    });
+    let back = reimport(&export_all(&p).bytes);
+    let l = back.comps().flat_map(|(_, c)| c.layers.iter()).find(|l| matches!(l.source, LayerSource::Text)).expect("text layer");
+    assert_eq!((l.name.as_str(), l.name_follows_text), ("Text", Some(true)), "an empty text layer");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn what_a_text_document_cannot_hold_is_reported() {
     let mut d = TextDoc::plain("x");
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs
index f88ab32c8..b015b72b4 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,15 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             has_layers,
             set_switch
         ),
-        cmd!("layer.rename", "Rename", [], Some("Enter"), "{layer?, name}", has_layers, rename),
+        cmd!(
+            "layer.rename",
+            "Rename",
+            [],
+            Some("Enter"),
+            "{layer?, name} — a text layer's name follows its text until renamed; an empty name follows it again",
+            has_layers,
+            rename
+        ),
         cmd!("layer.setComment", "Layer Comment", [], None, "{layers?, comment}", has_layers, set_comment),
         cmd!("layer.setBlendMode", "Blending Mode", [], None, "{layers?, mode?: Normal|Multiply|Screen|…, step?: ±1}", has_layers, blend),
         cmd!(
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/contents.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/contents.rs
index 5eb253beb..3015f4ecf 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/contents.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/contents.rs
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ pub(super) fn set_text(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
             KV::Str(t) => TextDoc::plain(&t),
             _ => TextDoc::default(),
         };
+        let before = effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&doc.text);
         apply_text_params("layer.setText", p, &mut doc, range.clone())?;
         pr.set_value_at(lt, KV::Text(Box::new(doc.clone())));
-        if let Some(first) = doc.text.lines().next()
-            && str_p(p, "text").is_some()
-            && !first.is_empty()
-            && (l.name.starts_with("Text") || l.name.is_empty())
-        {
-            l.name = first.chars().take(40).collect();
+        // Text layers are named after their text until renamed (#3233).
+        let after = effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&doc.text);
+        if str_p(p, "text").is_some() && !after.is_empty() && l.name_follows_text(&before) {
+            l.name = after;
+            l.name_follows_text = Some(true);
         }
         Ok(())
     })?;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/create.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/create.rs
index 621ae866b..0196b5aee 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/create.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/create.rs
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ pub(super) fn new_text(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     let edit = b_p(p, "edit").unwrap_or(false);
     let id = s.edit("New Text Layer", None, |proj, st| {
-        let name: String = layer_name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| doc.text.lines().next().unwrap_or("").chars().take(40).collect());
+        let name: String = layer_name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&doc.text));
         let mut l = build::layer(proj, &comp, if name.is_empty() { "Text" } else { &name }, LayerSource::Text, (comp.width, comp.height), None);
+        // Named after its text, the name follows the text until renamed; a given name does not.
+        l.name_follows_text = Some(layer_name.as_deref().is_none_or(str::is_empty));
         if let Some(pr) = l.props.prop_mut("text/sourceText") {
             pr.value = KV::Text(Box::new(doc.clone()));
         }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/switches.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/switches.rs
index 366c1eeb1..afee522c6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/switches.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/switches.rs
@@ -139,13 +139,37 @@ fn drop_3d_values(l: &mut Layer) {
 pub(super) fn rename(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let (cid, lid) = layer_p(s, p, "layer.rename")?;
     let name = str_p(p, "name").ok_or_else(|| bad("layer.rename", "missing `name`"))?.to_string();
+    let t = s.time();
     s.edit("Rename Layer", None, |proj, _| {
-        layer_mut(proj, cid, lid)?.name = name.clone();
+        set_layer_name(layer_mut(proj, cid, lid)?, &name, t);
         Ok(())
     })?;
     Ok(Value::Null)
 }
 
+/// Give layer `l` the name `name` the user typed (comp time `t` picks the text). A text layer's
+/// name follows its text until the user renames it; an empty name makes it follow the text again
+/// (After Effects, #3233). Committing the unchanged name changes nothing.
+pub(super) fn set_layer_name(l: &mut Layer, name: &str, t: effectcraft_time::Tick) {
+    let text_name =
+        l.props.prop("text/sourceText").filter(|_| matches!(l.source, effectcraft_project::LayerSource::Text)).map(|pr| match pr.value_at(l.layer_time(t)) {
+            KV::Text(d) => effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&d.text),
+            KV::Str(txt) => effectcraft_project::text_layer_name(&txt),
+            _ => String::new(),
+        });
+    match text_name {
+        Some(first) if name.trim().is_empty() => {
+            l.name = if first.is_empty() { "Text".to_string() } else { first };
+            l.name_follows_text = Some(true);
+        }
+        Some(_) if name != l.name => {
+            l.name = name.to_string();
+            l.name_follows_text = Some(false);
+        }
+        _ => l.name = name.to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
 /// The Timeline's Comment column.
 pub(super) fn set_comment(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let (cid, ids) = layers_p(s, p)?;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/transform.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/transform.rs
index eb0f610f9..87403fb26 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/transform.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/layer/transform.rs
@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@ pub(super) fn layer_settings(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let pixel_aspect = pixel_aspect_p(p)?;
     let name = str_p(p, "name").map(str::trim).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()).map(str::to_string);
     let affect_all = p.get("affectAll").and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(true);
+    let t = s.time();
     let solid = s.edit("Layer Settings", None, |proj, _| {
         let src = layer_mut(proj, cid, lid)?.source.clone();
         if let Some(n) = &name {
-            layer_mut(proj, cid, lid)?.name = n.clone();
+            // A user name: a text layer's name stops following its text (#3233).
+            super::switches::set_layer_name(layer_mut(proj, cid, lid)?, n, t);
         }
         let LayerSource::Solid { item } = src else { return Ok(None) };
         let shared = proj.comps().flat_map(|(_, c)| &c.layers).filter(|l| l.source == src).count() > 1;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text_edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text_edit.rs
index cdb650486..9240f0c1a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text_edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text_edit.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //! Positions are character indices. The selection is `anchor..caret` (either order).
 
 use effectcraft_keyframe::{CharStyle, TextDoc, Value as KV};
-use effectcraft_project::{ItemId, LayerId, LayerSource};
+use effectcraft_project::{ItemId, LayerId, LayerSource, text_layer_name};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
@@ -288,10 +288,6 @@ fn session_on(s: &mut Session, lid: LayerId) -> TextEdit {
     }
 }
 
-fn first_line_name(text: &str) -> String {
-    text.lines().next().unwrap_or("").chars().take(40).collect()
-}
-
 /// Edit a layer's Source Text at the CTI (one undo step, or merged by `merge`), then set the
 /// session's selection.
 pub(crate) fn edit_doc(
@@ -319,12 +315,13 @@ pub(crate) fn edit_doc(
         // already has) must not turn a static Str into Text or add a keyframe at the CTI: that
         // would change the project and record an empty undo step.
         if doc != original {
-            let before = first_line_name(&original.text);
-            let after = first_line_name(&doc.text);
+            let before = text_layer_name(&original.text);
+            let after = text_layer_name(&doc.text);
             pr.set_value_at(lt, KV::Text(Box::new(doc)));
-            // Text layers are named after their text until renamed.
-            if before != after && !after.is_empty() && (l.name == before || l.name.starts_with("Text") || l.name.is_empty()) {
+            // Text layers are named after their text until renamed (#3233).
+            if before != after && !after.is_empty() && l.name_follows_text(&before) {
                 l.name = after;
+                l.name_follows_text = Some(true);
             }
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/text_edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/text_edit.rs
index eb1de6f89..bcb4f0559 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/text_edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/text_edit.rs
@@ -1417,3 +1417,102 @@ fn duplicate_of_an_empty_type_tool_layer_ends_the_edit_and_copies_it() {
     assert_eq!(layer_count(&s), before + 1, "the empty layer is kept, as text.endEdit keeps it, and copied");
     assert_eq!(s.state.selected_layers, vec![LayerId(copy)], "and the copy is selected");
 }
+
+fn layer_name(s: &Session, t: u64) -> String {
+    s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(effectcraft_project::LayerId(t)).unwrap().name.clone()
+}
+
+/// Replace the text with `text` in the on-canvas editor (everything selected, typed, committed).
+fn retype(s: &mut Session, t: u64, text: &str) {
+    begin_edit(s, t);
+    s.execute("text.insert", json!({"text": text})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("text.endEdit", json!({})).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// #3233: a text layer's name follows its Source Text, edited on canvas or by `layer.setText`,
+/// until the user renames it (After Effects). A user name stays, even one that starts with
+/// "Text", and so does a copy's; renaming to an empty name follows the text again.
+#[test]
+fn a_text_layer_name_follows_its_text_until_renamed() {
+    let (mut s, t) = session("Hello");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Hello");
+    retype(&mut s, t, "World");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "World", "a new text layer follows its text");
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "Again"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Again");
+    s.execute("layer.rename", json!({"layer": t, "name": "Text Title"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "Changed"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Text Title", "layer.setText keeps the user's name");
+    retype(&mut s, t, "Typed");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Text Title", "typing keeps the user's name");
+    s.execute("layer.select", json!({"layers": [t]})).unwrap();
+    let copy = s.execute("edit.duplicate", json!({})).unwrap()[0].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let copy_name = layer_name(&s, copy);
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": copy, "text": "Copied"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, copy), copy_name, "a copy keeps the user's name too");
+    // Renaming to an empty name: the name is the text's again, and follows it.
+    s.execute("layer.rename", json!({"layer": t, "name": ""})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Typed", "an empty name shows the text");
+    retype(&mut s, t, "Followed");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Followed", "and follows it again");
+    // Committing the unchanged name (Enter, Enter) does not stop the following.
+    s.execute("layer.rename", json!({"layer": t, "name": "Followed"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "Still"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Still");
+    // A name given in Layer Settings is the user's too. The UI offers Layer Settings only for
+    // solids, nulls, cameras and lights (as After Effects does); this guards the command, which
+    // agents can call on any layer.
+    s.execute("layer.settings", json!({"layer": t, "name": "Settings Name"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "Later"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Settings Name", "Layer Settings names it for good");
+    // A layer given a name when it is made does not follow.
+    let named = s.execute("layer.newText", json!({"text": "Body", "name": "Caption"})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": named, "text": "Other"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, named), "Caption");
+}
+
+/// #3233: After Effects breaks paragraphs with a bare carriage return; the name is the first
+/// paragraph, without the break, and an older layer named after it counts as following.
+#[test]
+fn a_text_layer_name_ends_at_a_bare_carriage_return() {
+    let (mut s, t) = session("A\rB");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "A");
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "C\rD"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "C");
+    retype(&mut s, t, "E\rF");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "E");
+    let cid = s.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+    let l = std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut s.project).comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layer_mut(effectcraft_project::LayerId(t)).unwrap();
+    l.name = "Para1".into();
+    l.name_follows_text = None;
+    l.props.prop_mut("text/sourceText").unwrap().value = effectcraft_keyframe::Value::Text(Box::new(TextDoc::plain("Para1\rPara2")));
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "Next\rLine"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Next", "an older layer named after its first paragraph follows");
+}
+
+/// #3233: projects saved before the state was recorded load without it; there a name that is
+/// the text's, empty, or the default "Text"/"Text 2"… follows the text, any other name stays.
+#[test]
+fn older_text_layers_without_the_name_state_follow_as_before() {
+    let (mut s, t) = session("Hello");
+    let mut v = serde_json::to_value(s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(effectcraft_project::LayerId(t)).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    v.as_object_mut().unwrap().remove("name_follows_text");
+    let old: effectcraft_project::Layer = serde_json::from_value(v).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(old.name_follows_text, None, "an older project has no state");
+    for (name, follows) in [("Hello", true), ("", true), ("Text", true), ("Text 3", true), ("Text Title", false), ("Text 3b", false), ("Title", false)] {
+        let l = effectcraft_project::Layer { name: name.into(), ..old.clone() };
+        assert_eq!(l.name_follows_text("Hello"), follows, "{name:?}");
+    }
+    let legacy = |s: &mut Session, name: &str| {
+        let cid = s.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+        let l = std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut s.project).comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layer_mut(effectcraft_project::LayerId(t)).unwrap();
+        l.name = name.into();
+        l.name_follows_text = None;
+    };
+    legacy(&mut s, "Hello");
+    s.execute("layer.setText", json!({"layer": t, "text": "World"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "World", "a name equal to the text follows it");
+    legacy(&mut s, "Title");
+    retype(&mut s, t, "Typed");
+    assert_eq!(layer_name(&s, t), "Title", "another name stays");
+}
diff --git a/crates/project/src/build.rs b/crates/project/src/build.rs
index 1aa8d7c90..7a960dbfb 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/build.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/build.rs
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ pub fn layer(project: &mut Project, comp: &Comp, name: &str, source: LayerSource
     Layer {
         id,
         name: comp.unique_layer_name(name),
+        name_follows_text: None,
         source,
         label,
         comment: String::new(),
diff --git a/crates/project/src/layer.rs b/crates/project/src/layer.rs
index 34eeb50c0..f7b3b5e51 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/layer.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/layer.rs
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ impl Layer {
         let Layer {
             id,
             name,
+            // Whether the name follows the text changes no pixels until the name changes.
+            name_follows_text: _,
             source,
             label,
             comment,
@@ -474,6 +476,11 @@ pub enum AutoOrient {
 pub struct Layer {
     pub id: LayerId,
     pub name: String,
+    /// A text layer's name follows the first line of its Source Text until the user renames it
+    /// (After Effects). `Some(true)`: it follows, `Some(false)`: the user named it. `None` (older
+    /// projects, layers made before this was recorded): see [`Layer::name_follows_text()`].
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub name_follows_text: Option<bool>,
     pub source: LayerSource,
     pub label: Label,
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -512,7 +519,26 @@ pub struct Layer {
     pub props: PropGroup,
 }
 
+/// The name a text layer takes from its text: the first 40 characters of the first line. A line
+/// ends at a line feed or at a bare carriage return (After Effects' paragraph break).
+pub fn text_layer_name(text: &str) -> String {
+    text.split(['\r', '\n']).next().unwrap_or("").chars().take(40).collect()
+}
+
+/// A text layer's default name when its text gives none: "Text", numbered "Text 2", "Text 3"…
+fn is_default_text_name(name: &str) -> bool {
+    name == "Text" || name.strip_prefix("Text ").is_some_and(|n| !n.is_empty() && n.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()))
+}
+
 impl Layer {
+    /// Whether this text layer's name follows its Source Text, whose first line gives the name
+    /// `current` (see [`text_layer_name`]). Without a recorded state (an older project), a name
+    /// that is empty, the text's own, or the default "Text"/"Text 2"… follows; any other name was
+    /// given by the user.
+    pub fn name_follows_text(&self, current: &str) -> bool {
+        self.name_follows_text.unwrap_or_else(|| self.name.is_empty() || self.name == current || is_default_text_name(&self.name))
+    }
+
     /// The layers this layer reads: its parent, track matte, layer parameters (Displacement Map,
     /// Audio Spectrum's Audio Layer…) and tracker targets.
     pub fn referenced_layers(&self) -> Vec<LayerId> {
diff --git a/crates/project/src/lib.rs b/crates/project/src/lib.rs
index 079b81765..fabcd607f 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub use item::NO_LAYER;
 pub use item::{Heard, Item, ItemId, ItemKind, LayerId};
 pub use layer::{
     AutoOrient, FrameBlend, Layer, LayerSource, LightKind, MatteKind, PrimitiveKind, Quality, Sampling, Switches, TrackMatte, is_audio_effect,
-    reads_other_frames,
+    reads_other_frames, text_layer_name,
 };
 pub use layers::Layers;
 pub use settings::{
diff --git a/docs/agents.md b/docs/agents.md
index ac77439b7..27664cb73 100644
--- a/docs/agents.md
+++ b/docs/agents.md
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ in the Plug-in Library: [publishing-plugins.md](publishing-plugins.md).
   step (separated X/Y/Z Position; Orientation and X/Y/Z Rotation on 3D layers).
 * Rename a layer with Enter (or double-click a name): the whole name is selected, Enter or a
   click elsewhere commits, Escape cancels; `layer.rename {layer, name}` does it directly.
+  A text layer's name follows its text until it is renamed; renaming it to an empty name makes
+  it follow the text again (After Effects).
 * Ctrl/Cmd-click on the current-time display (Timeline or Composition panel) toggles the Time
   Display Style between Timecode and Frames: `file.projectSettings {"timeDisplay": "frames"}`.
 * `prop.pickWhip {layer, prop, target: {layer, prop, dimension?}}` links a property as its